20 Liberation

The Bleeding Sky-Recollections of the Shoah by Louis Brandsdorfer

Jun 4, 20086:17Religion & Spirituality

The labor camp at Neustadt is unexpectedly liberated when the German guards abandon the labor camp. The Germans move west to excape the advancing Russian army.

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